Scientists Develop Brain-To-Brain Communication
Sunday, October 18, 2009
A group of scientists at the University of Southampton have developed brain to brain communication, which makes it possible to send messages from one person to other living far apart. In this process, the signal of a person’s brain is carried over the internet to another person staying at a long distance apart. This is called brain-computer interfacing, which allows computers to analyse brain signals and send messages through an internet connection. According to the scientist, Christopher James, this is an initial step to achieve an advanced technology by which people will be able to send own thoughts, images and images directly into the minds of other people. “This could be useful for those people who are locked into their bodies, who can’t speak, can’t even blink,” James also said. As part of the experiment, two people were connected to electrodes that measure activity in specific parts of the brain. Then the first person generated a series of zeros and ones through the movement of arms. It was sent via internet after the first person’s PC converted the signals to the PC of the second person. The scientists saw flashes for one and zero. James clarified, “It’s not telepathy.” He also said, “There’s no conscious thought forming in one person’s head and another conscious thought appearing in another person’s mind.The next experiments are to get that second person to be aware of the information that is being sent to them. For that, I need to get my thinking cap on, so to speak.”
Posted bySaini at 8:57 AM
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